Whiffletree-hook.



No. 660,423. Patented out. 23, I900. N. mock-JR. WHIFFLETBEE HOOK.

(Application filed Sept. 7, 1900.)

(No Model.)

, INVENTOR' VV/T/VESSES: %6%6w I By UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS GLOOK, JR, OF KENTON, OHIO.

WHlFFLETREE-HO'OK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,423, dated October 23, 1900. Application filed September 7, 1900. Serial No. 29,270. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS GLooK, J r., acitizen of the United States,residing at Kenton,in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whiffietree-Hooks, of which the following is a full, clear, and'exact specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the trace will be prevented from accidentally slipping from the book. This object is accomplished by the use of the device illustrated in'the accompanyingdrawings; and the invention consists in certain novel features of the same, as will be hereinafter first fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, mention of which has just been made, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a whiffietree hook embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view.

The hook is attached to the end of the whiffletree by the usual eye A,and thehook proper, B, extends forward from the eye, as shown. Just beyond the eye, on the inner or upper side of the hook,I form the projection O,which presents a shoulder or stop D for a purpose presently stated, the end of the hook being brought back to a point adjacent to the said projection, so that the space between the pro-' jection and the end of the hook is just sufficient to admit the trace. Below the projection 0 a link E is pivoted in the body of the hook,t-he length of the link being greater than the distance between the projection and the end of the hook, as shown. Ordinarily one link will be sufficient to retain the trace within the hook; but I prefer to employ a second link F, pivoted in the end of the hook and slightly smaller than the link E, so as to fit within the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. These links may be pivoted in sockets formed in the sides of the hook without any reinforcing construction; but I deem it advantageous to provide the bosses G around the sockets, so as to give an extended bearing to the pivotal end of the link without unduly increasing the weight of the hook, and in order to facilitate the mounting of the links notches H are cut in the rear sides of the bosses. When the links are to be applied, their ends are slipped through these notches and spring into the sockets in the hook. 1

. The operation of the device will, it is thought, be readily understood. When thetrace is engaged in the hook, it is passed be tween the end of the .hook and the adjacent projection and forces the links against the inner surfaces of the hook. Should the trace then make any backward movement, its end will strike against the links and cause them to swing toward each other across the end of the trace. distance between the end of the hook and the projection, the shorter link will strike against the shoulder D, and thereby effectually block and arrest the movement of the trace, so that it cannot possibly become accidentally released. The free ends ofv the links may be weighted, if desired, to maintain them in posit-ion across the end of the trace. Inasmuch as the end of the link strikes against and rests on the shoulder D, the trace cannot push it beyond said shoulder and thereby escape As the links exceed in length the of the path of the trace and then disengageit from the hook while the links areso held.

. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a whiffietree-hook having sockets in its sides and provided with bosses around said sockets having notches in their rear edges, of links having their ends passed through said notches and sprung into the sockets.

2. The combination with a whiffletree-hook having sockets in itssides at or near its end and at a point opposite its end, of links pivoted in said sockets, both said links being greater in length than the opening of the hook.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

NICHOLAS GLOCK, JR.

Witnesses:

H. M. SHINGLE, W. W. DURBIN. 

